Screen-door fastening.



No- 815,638. v PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906. A. SANDBBR'G. N I

SCREEN DOOR FASTENING. APPLIOATION FILED NOV.18 1905.

, fl ir To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ANDREW'SAND ERG,

of Anaconda, in the county of Deerlodge and State of Montana, have invented certain new- UNITED STATES."

P TENT OFFICE,

, annanw SANDBERG," OF- 'ANAOONDA', MONTANA SCFiEEN-DQ OR FASTENING-.1

Specification of Letters Patent.

' tenings fo'r screen-doors and other swinging I doors.

Its object is to keep the door properly closed without looking it or latching it in suchmanner as to'require any manual op" .eration of the fastening device.

The invention consists of a springmem'ber and a retalner-plate so constructed and ar- '{ranged as to practically hold the'door by friction, which friction'can be overcome by a push on the door, but is sufiici'ent to kee the door properly closed against'casual disp acement or openmg.

The invention resides in' the novel. construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, in which- Figure 1 1s a sectional elevation of part of a screen-door with my novel catch ap lied thereto. Fig.2 is a .erspectiveview. 'o' the spring member of t e catch. Fig. 3 is a openings 1) for the passage of the'retainingstruction and size.

s milar view of the retainer-plate.

The door A can be of any suitable con- To one edge of the door, preferably the lower ed e thereof, is fastened the spring member of t e catch, which member is composed of a metal plate B, having screws 0, and to said plate is attached a bowed syilring D, which lies transversely of the edge oft as' shown in Fig. 1. One end of spring D- A is firmly connected to plate B by rivets d or in any othersuitable manner, and the free end d of the spring has a rubbing contact with the plate, so that the spring can beoflattened by pressure.

- and e door andprojects below the plate,

tise in the door-sill. Said-plate hasa 'concavity e'in its outer surface adapted to be engage 'by the SE g D',as shown in Fig- 1, and thushold t e door closed.

At the side to which-the doorfopens ratainer-plate' has an inclined .portion .e;

,which'as the'door closes-causes spring D' to' flatten until it passes .the apex c of the incline, at which point the concavit e begins;

The retainer-plate'is provided wit openin s .e for the assage of retaining-screws F.

the door 0 osesspring D rides up on incline cf,

flattening as it does so, but springing out into" concavity e and holding the door closed. .The

Patented m 20, 1906.1 Applicatibn fil d November 18,1305. Serial No. 288.071. I

. Attached to the door-frame at a point I whichwill be'directly' opositeth'e' spring member when the door is e osed is a retainer plate E, which, as shown, 15 set mto a'morspring D 'willyield and ride out of the concavity e when slight pressure is applied to the door, allowing the door; to be readil opened,

will old that art of the door to whic the fastener is app ied properly closed.

. Having thus described my invention, what et when the door is closed t e s ring I -claim as new, and desire to secure'by Let- 'ters'Patent, is- I 0 I Ina screen-door, fastening, the combination .of a retainer-plate provided with a-concavity and ada ted to -be fastened to the door-frame; wit a sprin ,member comprising a plate adapted to. efastened to the door and a bowed spring securedat one end to, the plate its opposite end being free to flatten 1n rubbing contact 'with said late and adapted to spring into and out o the concavity: thereof, substantially as described.

In: testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix two witnesses.

ANnREW'sAnDBERe. In presence of.

. CARL PEARSON,

JonnW. JAMES.

my signature in presence of I 

